VOL* xxxiv Boots A a Shoes Coms to us ana you'll find our stock so large that you can find what you want —All varieties of shoes for sale at lowest prices—Our , entire fall and winter stock is open and ready for >oui inspection— , Our stock was never larger than the present—Complete st c-c Ladies' and Misses' fine Dongola, Box Calf, winter tans, Enam e.r :v welt sole, made for winter wear. In Men's shoes our stock often* many selections of winter tans, fnc enamels, cordovans, box calfs and many other. Have you scu; out genuine water-proof shoe? It is a dandy—the upper extends arouii the welt to the edge of the sole —diis in connection with sheet lub ber and cork bottom filling makes a complete joint that cannot ~c secured in any other way —A shoe thus made is more a.. tight than can be made by any other process. Our stock of Men s and Boy's heavy boots and shoes is large, and prices away down Full stock of Boy's high cut copper toed shoes. Large and complete stock of rubber goods of all kind—telt boots, Felt shoes and warm lined shoes and slippers of all kinds at rock bottom prices. Full stock of sole leather and shoe findings—Sole leather cu<_ to any amount you wish to purchase. High iron stands tor repairing. Do you wear box calf shoes? We have a polish put up Tor box calf shoes which keeps the leather soft and pliable. When 111 need of boots and shoes CALL AND SEE US. JOHN BICKEL. 128 S. MAIN St. BUTLER, PA. T. H. BURTON. * T. H. BURTON SSTYLE.f Style is Everything Now-a-days And we are glad that it appertains to every article in our stock, for correctness and elegance arc sure concomitants to artistic development It CosU You oo More lo be la Harmony Willi The Expressed Styles of The Season, Than to Constitute "A BACK NL'MBhtf," By taking anything and everything irresponsible dealers may offer you. 7hi.-= es tablishment intends always to keej> up with the times and you pre suie of that hasts yourse.'f if you will trust us to serve you. T. H. BURTON, 20 SOUTH MAIN ST., BUTLER, PA- }. S. YOUNG, Tailor, Hatter and Gents Furnishing Goods. Summer heat makes the problem of looking dressy and keeping cool a hard one- j But we've »olved it; and for once economy, comfort and fashion go hand in baud I fffA Pleasing Prospect]?} /■' '/ TO FIND THK COAT so satisfactory at j , y e ~ v. . the first trial. This is the universal testi ( t; \. '7) :j| / \ mony of our patrons, who are all lovers of jit \/jf V \ 1 neat fitting clothes. Without them no man 1 V. V • KVI ]l IC2« looks well dressed, iji . \ V J I fi _ A COAT VVELL MADE is made to fit and M > ■ i<\ I——lf not to set-iust-hit-or-miss; an artist well may i |il \ \l •■■ ■ C take delight in seeing a neat fitting coat. ! ; , (1\ r*/i * Good material, good workmanship and good ! t ! WW rS> , fits are the proof that have mado our tailor \ '' ' I \\ v ing a success. We guarantee this and ask /\Ji .J* —-I. lj| you to look at our patterns. Our prices are 11 j : j( I j \\'2> \ cut down to the lowest notch. '•» _) i *\ \m\ / n C l/CPI/ MEECHART TAILOR, "J j j | j I KECK, 143 X._Mal^t^^leH^it. C. F 7". PAPE&BROT WE SAVE YOU 25 I'EK Cf: ' S r ON: -^ DIAMONDS, WATCHES, CLOCKS, SILVER W ARE, SILVER NOVELTIES, L^C Our stock is complete in every detail Our stock of Diamonds is the largest in Butler County, and as we buy diiect from the im porters you can save the Jobbers profit by buying from us. We buy all our diamonds loose and mount them to suit you, therefore you get just what you pay for. All our diamonds are guaranteed to be just as we say they are or money refunded. We give our special at tention to repciring of fine watches and jewelry. vVe take old gold and silver the same as money, paying the highest market prices. 122 South Main St.. Butler Pa. When You ? Out Money | be iure that you are getting the real j No. 2 Ret Buggy. value of the price you pay. j Fredonia Buggies running and worth j - VV every penny they » Your dealer sells them. cost you. t ! TUB FREDONIA MFG. CO.. Youngstown, Ohio. I rr-> tr nr TP * 17 T^T7l7 V r.' 1M , I : : *\ - ' 'i -• i-rflN • Register s Notices. Tin* Regist* r hereby jri.«» nuiicc that th.- fuJ lowilii! :uYOUiii> « \.«'«*UU>l>, :1 • i •:»: 111"- ! trators an law. ai: I will K- niv i senUMl to Court £or e» < - ! at ttoVlork. A. M.. «>f dav : 1. Final a«v< u«»; "f n Oh\ « r. u'.- t ministrator l*. T. A. of >idnoy Oliver. dt— , « late of Muddyrrerk r.\p. L'. I'iiiai :uvo«nl of lv K. A: mu.i. £uar- . • dian of Luevtta M. Artman. mti » .iild or : Mary R. Artiiiun. deceased. ' :s. Final account <•' I liir\c,> l-et . minis! rator of John P. I.oldthorp. M-d. ' late of Washington twp. i !. riaal ;»« »•«» nit of John 11. fjuar- . dian «»f l*»ttl • K. Blair, minor rhild <>f K» n«- - i Blair, de . ased. late of ! airvirw : «»ro. 1 inai a«vouut of John fH)l>soii. v>:t*«*u!or i of Aug line 1)OIJSOD, dcctiised. late of Adams | Final account of Eli/al/eth M 'G- a an, j . administratrix of Levi MrtJowan. deceased, lat- of Muddycrt k twp. ; 7. Final account of F. 11. !\vl<*. a- ; ' lor <>( MarlPjrle, doceaa* a, la Mad - i c,v»-k two. s. j'inai account «»t John »I. M'*Lnre, - r " 1 oiaii "I W.ltha M. Hs:t>r. minor child -f K%- i,i-eea liiair. deceased. lato«»f l ' 0 Fitta! ... .'••unt ot J. 11. \\ : ainl Klra«*r C'ampt>e!l.*f*xe«:ut©rs *>** F-!xal***t i« {■. (. j belt. '*• •♦.-•ised. laic of I'ai: . !••** j iO.pFinai and distribution account «»r Thomas by?, ajtlnjr exe--utor of JoU'rt . ; l!::v ♦ a* d. lat« ofl'toi-.;. .. h*rtK ' 11. Final account of Mr> Am.a \* ajrner. 1 i. d, lateol Peun Iwp. 12. ! unt of t«. !'• F« t/» r. guardian ! ~2 H M. W. 1 .»i 11. L. ! I M osterrii:: u. 'i* ■ as. o. I bofa m T . I 13. Final arid uiatribntion »" ottnt of • A. Kiikpatrlck. admlnistra* of Jai»** , 14. a< «>unt of J. M. I.awr* .v< ti tor ui Anna Cooper, d^.'f"i* i "d. late oft rut re- I In.Vlnal accoun? of '.Vitilaia II» At- t, dian «»f Jei:ai«- .diiier.now Jennie W'elsh.miti or child of Katie Millar, late of Middlesex twp. |H. Final accoui.t of Joseph I isher. guar dian . f Catharine La very, minor child . Martin, executor of Margaret Ferjruson, deceased, late « f Penn twp. Is. Final account of Philip Snyder. *;xecu tor of Bernard Kemper. >r.. deceaj*e( K. Ugden, deceased, late of Mhldlesex twp. Final account of Samuel A. guardian of Lucinda A. Ziegler. minor child of Jacob M. Ziegler. deceased, late of Conno quenessing township. Final account of John M. /.inKliann. executor of Sarah M. Zlnkhunn. late of Evans City. W.J.ADAMS Ilejtister. Road and Bridge Reports Notice Is hereby nlveri that the following road and brl.lj?**s liavi- 1 i'n rotitir»nc•' Sev-i. . . in re t • 'l liini ol; citUt'lL 1 ; i.utler I«j. for it ''o 11111 liri'lire ovtr Cont!'«|U« !n~,iiic creek. ;;t . point wl- re srii'l -tre'.m fv~ - street, troin the foot "I t .illllift?i ;. i• • >i. June 14th. viewers were :■ ;>!»«»i: : • ■ 1 by the Cum ;. .i nl "eni. . !»I>7, repoi. of vie' et-. filed, statluu that th«pt ,jor>ed bri..„e is n«- •- nrv «nd that t 1 "- »amc >' i»- ji-. ."1 ■ Notiet ti. 'ti ■' ■ -■! i. to rules of • 'mtt audio In. i:n he fort I'.ie C.iaiid Jury at next Mini, ilv l;;i; \n. t. Sfptember, I-'7. hi re - ti tlonof.ltl/. i.iof Mf-iver twp.. butler Coun ij. i'a., for the re-view of i pit l '" • t said to«ushiii. from point on the i :iini 1 raukllti road at ti ■ line of vVhite t*aks springs farm to where It Intersects t!u CUu totiville road in s:ii: No damages assessed. Sen*. 11th. I*o7. approved ami lix widtl - iMy tyjvy^ Certified from the records this nth day of Nov. IM>7. ISAAC ME U.S. Clerk Q. S. t 'ourl. Widows' Appraisements. The following widow's appraisements of personal property and real i Mat« apart ior the lK*netit of I widows of dece>.. . . >im (hi \Vi. id An «*r, im- >«mal) .;«•«» »H> • • j»..|iry Khoffes(personal). «h» Jacob Haw!;. ()M T •**> (Ht " L«'vi Davison, (realty) »«• i i,. 44 Meade S Crawford (personal) -*to All poiaOus i?' *• *T"<'st' 1 ! i !ie a* »ve *p prash»m?r,i , will taK«- notice that t 1 -y wil l»t' piosented for confirm r«#>n to the Orphans Court ot Hutler com I'.t . ou ; ai urd?*y, V": litii day "t »»ec., A. i>.. i :'i, and if no ex ceptions be iiled they will 1m: confirmed ab solutely. ISAAC MEAI.S. flerk O. C. "WHAT WE WRITE RE | MAINS FOREVER"!*®**® HUKAL.i" * 'l' S" V '' -'V a*- ITse good stationary ami it will reflect more to yotir credit. Character is judged by your writing and your stationary. The one will show ' the quality of your brain, the other your good taste. The latest and all the finest papers the niatketcan be found at DOUGLASS' BOOK STORK 241 S. Main St. \J) We have Kodaks at al! prices. . D. $4. 00 to $25 00. THIC Biitier Coiiflij Naticsai Bank, lSotier t-'eiiii, Capital pti i in - Jxoo.ono. > - j.i 14,647.87 Jos. Hartraan, P. s: V .t; j. V Kilts, Vice i'rrsident; C. A. Bail.y. L'ashicr; G. McMarlin Ass't Cashier. * Weitftf- 'l bankinjc business ducted. lii?vrest*p-* ,M * iime d»;posiT>. Money lorcired • ;Mprov»-d urit> Wc invite you to Ope 44 n account with this bank. mUECTOIi**- Hon. Josopii Hon. jy. y. Waldron. l>r. N. M. Hoover. [(. K. K. Abrams, C. I*. Collins, 1. .......President J. HENKV IKOUTMAN Vice-President WM. CAMPBELL, J ( ?,?*!! er LOl'lS B. STEIN Teller IJIHECItiIt^ —ttoscpli L- Survls. .1. llT.rj W. I».Brandon. W. A »U - :u •! W Cumuucil. Tho Butler Savings BMk to Ik* Oldwf _ instilution in llutl. rl 'tti.ty. tii ucrtil banklot; iiusliu-** • tisai'tcd. I Wf is :i ••ott::ts |>: >{! pf iltt':cr> ti.er f ellfeHt". farnit:.-. ati.i filter* £ iulmilixm eHtnuted to us will receive r nromtii - i>'ntlf»ii. f Jnteres: yui.! on ilii • Hoposttt ABRAMS, iu-Ru vV ix Co lasLiaiice-and Rw! r?c '~ ,c STRONG COM".' NIES i r v. ITI.KMENT>. lit»tii« Insiiratti - " ■ "f N ' w .I•»*'"•- .line Co. 1.: North v • 1 *;l. . lien! K IU-." •■■ (ill' "f Hrmit-'lj'; * Hertford lidurnac; ' "• HfirKoril I Conn , 1 OFFICE: Corner of MiUu ot. MM 1 muiid north of Court House, Butler I a. butler, pa., thi ihsuay, novembi:r '-soi Much in Little Is especially true of Hood's Pills, for no medi cine evt-r contilncd so groat curative power In J ;o small space. They are a whole medicine ibest, always ready, al- ■ 1 a ways efficient, always sat- 8,,* a g B p isfactory; prevent a cold | B■ I w or fever, cure all liver ills, I ?ick headache, jaundic.', constipation, etc sc. Ilie onlj" Tills to v..Ui liooU's Tlioosamlß arc Trylnjt It. In order to prove tho great merit of Ely's Crcain Baiiu. the most efrectire cure | for Catarrh and Col.l in Hen.l. we have pre pareil a generous trial fcize for 10 cents. Get it of your ilruggi-t or send 10 cents to ELY BUGS., 56 Warren St , N. V. City, j I suffered from catarrh of th- wort kind since a boy. anil t boi 1 for . cure, but Elv'w Cream Halm Feom ; even that. Many acqu«intartc(s ha ■ • 1 • it vith rc-u!tOscar ObirL.ni. 4> jrrt:_i Ave., Chicago, UL j- ' t _ 1 "RaV"? . iknowledged ■ car 'for c&tArrii au«i contains 110 cociiino, j i mercury xx<-' wiy dr;g. Price, j i fcij • r by maO. j- RAIXSOAii TIME x ABLS3 P., IJrss«-!iu»r «V L. K. Trains leave Bntler, (Bntler time) at j A. M. anil 5 P. M.. trains arrive at 9:50 A. M. and 2:55 P. M. I\ & 11. K. Trains now leavt Bntler going south at 8:15 and 10:05 A. M. and ar 3:15, 3:45 and 5:40 P. M.: goinjr north at 9:50 A. M. and 5:35 P. M. Trains ar rive from the sonth at 9:17 and 9:32 A. M. and 12:18, 3:05, 7:03 and s P. M.. and from the north at 9:3 C A. M. and PENNSYLVANIA R i, Wf-STEN HENNSVLVANIA DIVISION. ScHM«i.t i> EFTFCT MAY 17, IM'7. SfOt'Tll. < WKEK DAVB 1! A >!. A. Sr. P. M I'. .'!. hi TI.KT: i..-u- >• - ■ »*»• n -'■> # -• !lu!i»-r -ft:in ii-■:,...l-.%.*"«- .MOB 48 '• '• 26 .• M N ,. t , .. \ri iv** 7 ••• 1 •>. li *5 .1 '= 1 >i'.\V TIiMN-.-l. !'■ 1,, ~r for Alli-n'.ir- ; !'jr -<• 5 jf'v ij 1 ii.t rmwlia" «t*tloiw at T in ' VoKTU. IVKKK DAYS v 1.1 A. V A. M"t u. i'. ?•! AllegUeity City leu v. 7 «-» :» '»«• II Slwn-i • . 71! '* I H :? ; •»., .. | ( oiOllt :i »'* jj y' ' l " J T«r«ntum . ~ '•* • l j o?< .; ! • •. | l;«Tl«*r J:::; -ti«»ii.. juriv«* 7 4'i ■' 1 1- 4 <>.» . «ni | B• U P Jul ti n . .h» • • I »50 12 2B> 110 VOO j S.V.I.' :i!>' N 1"» I'' » 71\ in TLKir .. . . iirriw n l'i •'>> 117 7VI A. 1\ M.JP. M l*. M. j MM»AY Tit VlNS.—l.tav !t*r aii«J ]>rincipul ioteriiM'tliiitc stutious at 7:li-'» a. HI. and i». in. WKKK 1»AY«. FOR TIIK EAST. WEEK PAW. P. M. A. ?■!.! '*• M. j '1 .h"» ii j.*) lv HITLER w 1 17 J :» '!■'< 7 27'jir Kiillcr Jm i lion lv .... i- - » I .i .;«» 7 iv BntW Jir. tion ar s '!** 12 "> j ":i .Vr 7 4'J ar Fn*|»irt lv 8 2M 12 «*» 'M 7 ; • \ll(»/»t*-ny -I " *-4 12 «»i i 1 H " Lot lil " « <»■> H 4 ifJ 8 21' " I'a nil .. \|>.-llo) 7 11 ..J. I I:r ssl " Salt»l»utv. " 7 :»m 1! i* 4 ' A Blairsvill. . " 7 0010 40 I - j:, u •* I'-lal-wilU liitcrMff'tioii.. . 5 5Js» •'_» 1• j 1 i 1V " llarii-l»unc. " .. ".I'M 1 . r: •' iUiila.l. ii#i.iA H "► !». M.jP. M ' A. 31. I*. 31. C»n SiiucUv, train Imving Hutlt r 7a. n»., connwtr* j If Uto M and riiil.t ;.'!|'hia. Tlir«»ni:li trail -fr t! • «-« l I«*.:' Pittsl.-urg (ITnion I Statiuu). ax follows: Atlantic Kximw, daily.... N M ! l*enn>>lvania Limited " . .. * 7:!"» *' Day Kxj*r«*?w, " 7:'lH M Mairj Line Bxprees, u . . I'l.iUl. lpl.ia Fx T t<-3, V rtern Exprem, * Tsos 14 Fa«i Line, 44 *:!'» " PhiliM a Mai!, «nnd<«'s only 8:40 A.M For ii, ao '.ti M- n»i»a. K. Watt. I'; A«t. W«-» • . I'tntri. t, r..i u . lifth Avenue ami Sn.ith- : fi. lt! t. !'i»t 1 P-t J !?. Hl'T<'HIS N, J. It. V *!), iicnerai Manav-r Gen I I'.usar \«. •»!. j ?>. A?! JCno^/^ Mil i\?SuVv j that the slovenly dressed man never receives tiie respect and consideration the well dressed man gets. One secret in dres sing well lies in the selection cf the right tailor. our garments are cut and made in our own workshop in this city. We are particular about the fit, fashion and all the minute details in their construction. Would be pleased to show you a produce of our shop and also give you a pointtr in econ omy. fali patterns now displayed ALAUD, MAKER OF MEN'S LOTHES etc KZErfcR'S SUPPLIES SUCH AS Ilivts. Smokers, ilnxai Frames, S»-<*tions, i Section Hro »d and Surplu- Founda tions. Ihe la'st poods at the lowest possible prices. iaines 3. Murphy. Mercer St., West End. Butl I'a. Near Kamereri*%Ct eery „jrQ Hotel Willard, i ' Reopened and rea ly for the accommoda \ tion of the traveling • public. Everything First=class. !•* r'S ¥< VV'il b Hflih'iHG, Owni'.r Praciioai Horse Shoer j WILL ROSiNSON. I'oi u:erly Hois. Shm-r at the Wick House has opened busi iilk3 I'* r* m the rea. of the Arlington Ti ;-.cl, where he will do Horse-Shoeing ii thu niosl approve*! style. • TRACK ANf) fiGAD HORSES I.A SPECIALTY. THE SECRET OF THE WOOD. Tii® bariis of • Id sans Arcady, Where nlmblo dryads trhiped the glen; All. v uld ::r hurt" conlJ w.. or bo. Vet keep the olden ley of meo! For me the word* still weave a spell Within their aisles of fraprant frreen. And fancies corr.e no doubt can quell. And whisper oft of forms unseen. Or nj-inphs. or elves, not mine to name The beings strange I feel so near; A quiver steals along my frame, An eerie thrill too fa'nt for fear. Ah, what was that? A If.ifl'-t? Xo! That elided through the dappled air I felt it come, I f.-It it RO: It touched my cheek and stmk. d my hair. 'TU fled; and now a murmur swells Companioned by a scent so sweet, Of rttes mysterious it tells. And viewless censors frail and fleet. I strive to catch the whispered prayer That floats along the forest nook Before It fades in oai3er.ee rare Blent with the tinkle of the brook. ■ Still deeper down the verdant way A quaking leaf, r.ot zephyr-fanned, Lures on my tee*: I must obey The beckoning of an unseen hand. Such slender film two worlds divides. Xo longer far thut finer air Wtthtn W -e ••.*,«, a -erct '•' inimitably great and fair. A secret 'Us Tl+ as he nbonf I had to mount and take a few turns round the garden, jnuch to his delight, and he rubbed his hands, exclaiming: "Well done, little girl! You'll be there j before any of them, you bet!" At last he went indoors, and. hiding myself in the summer house, I wept copiously. What should I do? Get my prayer book and keep on repeating the -collect for rain ? Stay in bed the next day and pre tend my cold was worse? Xo, neither • of these resources would do; nnd even j if it rained all night, n 1 'ch was not in i the least likely. T • oulu have tn put j ia an nr - iirirce on the morrow. Wei!, ! there was one spiee of comfort left — I the roads were inches d*>ep with flue, | white dust. Iv. ould start early and get I a good covering o? it over poor uncle's i gift, and then perhaps some of its many deficiencies might be hid; and then, be ing naturally light-hearted, 1 dried my ■tears and went in to prepare tea, that being a duty I did not allow our little maid to interfere with. My mother and. I had lived alone for many years, my father, who had died when I was three years old, being only a memory to me. He had been captain and owner of a merchantman, but lie had only been able to leave a very moderate independ ency for my mother, so we two had al ways lived very quietly, and it was quite an event in our lives when a letter came from 'Frisco telling that my mother's only relative was coming home after an absence of 40 years. I had never seen my quiet mother so excited over any thing. lie was her mother's only broth er, and she had only a very dn'm recol lection of his going away. "I an* afraid, Kathie." she said, "that uncle is only a poor man; for, although he has corresponded with me at long in tervals, he has never mentioned his af fairs. Still, lam pleaded to think he is cfunir"." Well, Uncle Thomas fo 1, ""-ed closely on bis letter; tru", enough, hi- -Sairs did r.ot seem to have flour ished, for his clothes were quite thread bare and his luggage of the scantiest. Like -most girls of the present day, my great ambition was to own a bicycle, but, unfortunate l -lie buying of one was quite out of the question, although I <*ould ride well enonrh, mv compan ion, Florrie Floyd, the doctor's only daughter, hnvirt define learn others. So, after once more discussing the matter over with mothc I had to re luctantly give up all idea of joining the picnic, and I had so longed to go; for one thing, it was the first time Sir Wal ter's demesne had ever been accessible, end that In itself made mie more anxious ♦o see the beautiful grounds that had always been so jealously guarded frum Intrusion. Sir Walter had died 6is. months before, and l the heir that he had never seen had g". .'en permission for this special party to hold their meet in his demesne; and, by the way, he had pot seen the place himself, but was ex pected to arrive at an earij' date. Per haps I ought to have said that his agent had given the doctor's party leave to see the grounds, and not he. Well, after mother had succeeded in convincing me *>f her inability to get me even a second hand mount, Uncle Thomas had unex pectedly chimed' in by saying: "Well, Kathie, if you don't mind having a very first-class bike, I'll get you one." I was both astonished and delighted, and kissed the old man effusively and went to bed happy; an.l now, just be fore the day of tie meet, h ;■ had brought this monstrosity! Well, I must not be too hard on th" old YT"an, but I wished he fcad bought himself a nen coat instead The collect for rr 's unanswered; j sowar r 'o. i e for sudden sickness. T , never fe.'.t l>etter in my life, and the sky was clqjidless, so there was nothing for it but to put o bold fnee the inc. ila ble, and at the time appointed I started, watched from the gate by :r.y evidently admiring uncle. Cre 'k. creak, went the old tmi!>hack'.e. Il wa> awlul! What should I do when 1 joiacd the others, every one of whom onto i iirst-cias» j : mount? Should I turn b::< and pre- v tend that I had a spiU? Oh. there was | c , no pretense required. f»..\ gii;ng an a extra groan, ui; nn.ui'.t co.laj>vd and it a and I rolled over into the iiu>t below, j When I picked mvself up 1 found the v rim off and the spoi.es all and { . broken; there was nothing for it but to drag the remains i at k to ike cottage 1 s and take up my daily duties, atd, while , feeling sorry for uncle's <"! -appoint- t iraent. I could cot but rejoice at my es- j, cape from the criticisms of l- lorrie and , her friends. Still, there was r.o use hurrying; r the day was lovely. So, dragging my , g wheel to a shady batik, I sat down and began to make a daisy chain, and N had almost completed it when a gig j * drove rapidly round the corner. 1 was j on the wrong side of the road, and a right in its track. It took the driver f all his time to pull up to escape driv- t ing over me. and jumping quickly to | j my feet I tried xo get my unlort-unate > bike out of the way, bnt it was use- t less; its ruin we..ii Quickly • f descending, the - MY MOUNT COLLAPSED. stood on the terrace among the strut ting peacocks when the others arrived, "for ail the world," Florrie said, as though 1 "owned the, place, and v.v.~ waitiug to receive them as guests. I should say my companies. > n route left me on our arrival, saying his busi ness was with the agent, and Just as the others arrived he rettuued, saying the agent had given him permission to take us not only over the grounds, but through the court itself. Such a thing had never been heard of before anil caused great excitement nmcng us. It would take me a week to tell of the beamties of one of th- mcst stately of "the stately homes of England." I We all wandered at will through the magnificent picture galleries and su perb reception rooms; and then to our intense surprise found a choice lunch awaiting us in the great dining hall, where befrilled dames of hun dreds of yet go looked down in haughty disdain on us, as though re senting our intrusion; and ancient knights leaned on their swords and seemed to look us through and through. But the day waned, and much to our regret the time for starting homeward came. It was only then I began to wonder how I was to get there; but my knight of the morning ag°.in of fered me a seat, and olf we drove, leav ing the others to follow. The drive through the fragrant coui try 'anes was most enjoyable, nr.- 1 my. mipanion very entertaining, telling me of many foreign lands through v \i h he had traveled, and was describing a visit to the ite palace of St. Petersb: when we reached the spot where should h»ve been the remains «f my poor bike.; but search as we would we could find no trace of them. I was greatly upset at this, but my companion said perhaps it was best so. and then my uncle would not feel grieved at the state eif his gift. Well, quite suddenly a feeling of great shyness came over me and I be>- gan to realize how free I had be.cn with a complete stranger, and wondered what mother would think of it all. So I said I would not get into tho gig again, but would walk home and make my explanations asbest I could. My friend would gladly have accom panied me, but this I refused, and shyly holding out my hand, said: "Good-by; you have been very good to me, and 1 thank you for helping me to-day." But he ouly laughed, and said: "It must not be good-by, but only good-day, for I will be engaged with the agent at CliiV Court for about a month, and I hope you will let me call on your mother and yourself." He watched me out of sight, and as I neared home I wonder how 1 could tell Uncle Thomas of the disaster to my bicycle; but there was no need of explanations, for on reaching home ( I found poor uncle hod met with a sad accident, having fallen from a ladder he had mounted in order to fasten a climbing rose tree above his bedroom window. Ore of iiis legs was badly broken, and he had received other se rious injuries. Still, he managed to ask me if I had had "a happy day," when I stood crying at hi= bedside. "Oh, yes, dear untie,"! replied."the happiest day in my life, lam pure " on hearing which lie smiled feebly and then lapsed into unconsciousness. lie was in great danger for weeks, and when my knight of the picnic called I could only see him for a moment or two. lie left his card for mother and the name on it was "Mark Urquart." Well, it became a daily thing for him to call to inquire how onr invalid progressed, and some times 1 sat. in the oh' summer house with him; but I did not understand the hold he had got oil my heart til! he toid me he would be leaving in another week, his business with the agent be ing over. Oh, how my heart ached when I thought of him gosig away; and he must have seen my grief in my face, for he told me he could not go ] unless I went with him. In vain I epoke of my uncle's illness, my mother's loneliness. He would insist on speak- | ing to my mother that very night, and after quite a prolonged interview my mother called me in and, greatly to my surprise, told me she \wts quite willing for me to be married privately, on account of her uncle's illness. She said Mark had quite satisfied her as to his ability to keep a wife. So the next week we were very quietly married in 1 a neighboring town, and then went Ui I +h«. Westmoreland lakes for a week. We had arranged to stay with mother for another week before taking up a hou»e for ourselves; but as we traveled I homeward Mark ask Inu if I knew tt l Sir Frederick, Sir Walter's successor, was to arrive th;>t nifh* to take pos session of Ciiff Court-. 1 sa d no, and that it would be delightful for us to 1 '' i mix witu the crowd that wouiiJ ue waiting to welcome him before going 0I» to the cottage. So Mark being agree- f able, we took a fly from the station and arrived as a light was being put to an immense bonfire on the hill. Mark said v we would go i: i>y th- side gate aud es- , cape the crush, and we reached the ter- j 5 ra .• A ithout difficulty, i iie peacocks , j should have been gor.e to roost, but the t noise had evidently roused them, and j , they were strutting about just as they j had* been that other day. .lust as I was , g; . : to i mil' i Mark of that time a j great c heer went up. and a crowd came t rushing around us crying: "Long live - { Sir Frederick!" and Mark said: "For- ] give me, Kathie. darling, for deceiving , you; 1 am Sir Frederick!" i Then before 1 could realize what he j u*ally mi ant F: • ratne running up , uj;d said: "Didn't 1 ay that other day j that you were jc»t like the owner re- tciving your guests ? ar.d BOW yon real- j !v aro part owner. I wish yon much j , happiness." Oh. dear, it had all come j : to me so unexpectedly that I felt faint, j , and asked Mark (for I r uld not call , him Freilci i, '.. c> take me to mother ' , He to!d me she and i: 'e. who had im- I • pro\ed very quickly, were waiting in < the court for me, so I hastened in. and found them in a cozy, quiet morning ; room. Mother elasoed me in her arms and asked my forgiveness in aiding , Mark, who bad told her his real position the n : rM he proposed to me. But while she was speaking, we heard Mark say: , "Is it possible that you are Uncle Thomas?" You see, .owing to uncle's accident, he had not seeu him before. My uncle laughed and said: "I suppose my little ne to the other for some explanation, Mark said: "I find that after all it is 1 who must-introduce Uncle Thomas to you. We are old friends and traveled together from 'Frisco. lie is the famous American millionaire, Thomas Gilford Itanks, the latter name he adopted some years ago." So it turned out that Mark (whose name was Frederick Mnrk) had not Married a poor girl after all. though he thought he had, for I am uncle's sole heiress, and he gave me a bicycle worthy of a millionaire as a marriage present.—Belfast News. Tlse liPPftinotfvf WlilKtle. The railway whistle—who has not heard its piercing shriek?—was invent ed because of the destruction of a load of eggs. The first railways in Kngland crossed country roads at. grade, and t lie engineer had no wa of giving warn ing of his approach except by blowing a tin horn. One day, in the year 1333, a fnrmer was crossing the railway track, on one of the country roads, with a load of eggs and butter. Just as he rcache .1 the track n train approached T'ne engineman blew his horn lustily, but it "as ton late. Kighty dozen eggs and C'i pounds of butter were smashed into an indistinguishable mass. The railway company had to pay for the butter, eggs, horse and wagon, and naturally tried to avoid such a heavy loss in the future. George Stephenson was appealed to, raid the next day had a contrivance which, when attached to the engine boiler and the steam turned on, gave out a loud, shrill sound. This contrivance has developed into the loco motive whistle, as we know it now.— Golden Bays. —The thickest known coal seam in flie world is the Wyoming, near Twin Creek, in the Green River coal basin, Wyoming. It is 60 feet thick, and up wards of 300 feet of solid eoal underlie 4,000 acres. On Hl* \n niton. He kicked ar.d he swore, lie ripped and he tore; But It did him no good, don't you see. His brain was quite small Or he wouldn't at all Have touched the wrong end of the bee. —Philadelphia Inquirer. WHEREIN THE STRENGTH I.IES. "I have heard that cheese is a won derful muscle-forming food." "Perhaps that accounts for some of it being so strong."—Detroit Free Press. A I'oor <;lrl. "My face Is my fortune." "Your wealth Is but small. The druggists all sell It For 'most nothing at all." — LUUIKVIUV Courier-Journal. He Got the Ponltlon. Small boy dashed breathlessly into a merchant's oillce. "Is the guv'nor in?" "Yes; what do you want?" "Must see him myself; most par tieklor." ( "But you can't; he's engaged." "Must see him immejit; most par tickler." The boy's importunity got him in "Well, boy, what do you want?" "D'yer want a orflice boy, sir?" "You impudent young rascal! No! We've got one." '"Xo, you ain't-, sir; he's just bin run over in C'heapside." Boy engaged.—Tit-Bits. Ifer Comment. "I have noticed," said Willie Wishing tor., "that a woman always puts the most important part of her letter in the postscript." "You never do that," said Miss Cay enne. "Xever." "Well," she went on, thoughtfully, "isn't it better to put the important part of a letter in the postscript than to leave it out altogether?"— Washington Star. Wliut He MRiited. "Is there anything in my house you would like to have?" asked the man, as he frowned over the back fence at his next-door neighbor. "Yes," came from the other t»ide of the fence; "I'd like to have you send the lnsides of that piano your daughter bangs on, out to my barn." —Yonkers Statesman. Youthful FaceMouanesii. "When you have a yore, tooth you go to the dentist and he pulls it, don't he?" "Yes, my son." "Now that you've got a sore leg if you i go to the doetor will he pull it?" (With deep feeling) "Yes, my son." —Brooklyn Life. 1 An Official'* AVrath. First Citizei —What's the alderman jso mad about? Second C'iti/.en— A boodle scheme was pushed through while he was absent. "I see. Mad beer.use th - taxpayers are going to be roboed." "No. Mad because lie missed a divvy." —N. Y. Weekly. Sat-li In Fame. "I)o you cor-ider Meeker a self-made man ?" "Xo; I think he was made to order." "Why so?" "Weil, judging from the way his wife orders him around he must have been .made for that mrpoee."—Chicago THE DOG AS FOOD. i:mrn by Man) Knees Since Tlu»e liu mCTuortal. "The more we know of men, the more we like dogs," writes misanthropic-ally 1 that great friend of animals, M. Tbue ye.r.el. Perhaps it is because the in habitants of the Celestial empire do 1 not know men sufficiently that they ftill regard the dog as au edible ani mal, and as one of the most savory of ; morsel=. But it is to be hoped that in- ' the progress of civilization a day will come, when these brave, animals—"can didates for humanity," according to Miehelet's picturesque expression— 1 will no longer figure on the menus of state dinners at the court of Peking. Darwin relates somewhere that when the inhabitants of Terra del Fuego are pressed by famine they kill and eat their old women rather than their dogs, i and tihat in Australia fathers will sac- j rifice their children in order that the , mothers may be able to nourish thte | useful servant of man. The Chinese, j however, tend and fatten their dogs j carefully—to eat. They also consider < the cat a choice dish. Abbe Le Noir, in I "Travels in the Far East," relates that in the markets of many cities are to i bo seen dogs and cats hanging side by side by the head or tail, and that ou must farms these animals are kept in little coops like hencoops. They remain thus from two to three weeks, condemned to almost complete immo bility, and are fed on nothing but a mixture of rice and farina. We do not know the edible dog or the edible cat in France, but probably since the siege they have been but little served —open- ly at least —on. the tables of Paris res taurants. At Peking and throughout .China, however, there is no dainty re past without its fillet or leg of dog; the cat is rather a dish of the poorer classes. These same customs that are RO re pulsive to lis as to seem like a kind of semi-cannibalism existed, nevertheless, among the people of classic antiquity. History tells us that in early times the dog was always regarded as an .edible animal. The inhabitants of certain nomes of Egypt piously em balmed their dead dogs, but others con sidered that it was more, in conformity to the doctrines of a wise economy to kill and cat them, Plutarch tells us that the dwellers in Cynopolis, where dogs were honored as divine, made war on the Oxyrinchis, who had committed .the sacrilege of eating dogs. In his book on Diet, Hippocrates, speaking of common articles of food, is of the ppinion that the flesh of the dog gives heat und strength, but is difficult of digestion. "Our fathers," says Pliny, "regarded small dogs as so pure a food that they used them for expiatory vic tims. Even to-day young dogs' flesh is served at. feasts held in honor of the gods." And further on: "This meat was used in the installation, feasts of the pontiffs." According to Apleius, who has left us a curious treatise "On Cookery," the Romans ate also adult dogs. The savages of North America, for lack of provisions, often sacrifice their companions of the chase. We are told that before the introduction of cattle the Spaniards in Mexico used the na tive dogs so freely as food that the spe cies has now completely disappeared. According to Capt. Cook, the natives of New Zealand ate their dogs and clothed themselves in the skins. Forster adds: "They love the flesh passionately, and prefer it to that of the pig." The Oreenlanders and the Kamchatkans also sometimes eat their dogs, but only when reduced to this cruel extremity by famine. In Africa dogs form the food of certain negro tribes; in the Ashantee country the flesh is eaten both fresh and dried. And it appears that in the lower Congo region, among the Bntekes, there is a custom that must make every friend of dumb beasts rage with indignation—.before killing a dog for food it is maltreated and tortured, to make the flesh more tender. —La Na ture. VILLAGES AND HOGPENS. A Source of Disease and Injury to CouMtr) Towns. It. is reallj- remarkable what a part the liog-pen plays in the well-being and prosperity of the country. There are in the United States 30,000 or 40,000 villages of different sizes, and the most of them have hog-pens and typhoid fever. The connection is uniform and direct. The hog-pen supplies the cause, and the fever, or some disease closely allied to it, is the effect. It has taken a long while to convince even tho most intelligent settlements of the value of scientific sanitation, and in the large cities it is a constant fight to abate nuisances and compel people to observe ordinary laws of cleanliness. But in the villages it is much worse. The populations cannot see the neces sity of the new-fangled notions, as they call them, and any interference of a board of health is an outrage and an impertinence. We know of villages wlieTe the doctors have been laboring in vain for years to eliminate the hog pen. Their efforts are ridiculed, and the hog-pens and the fevers, which would never exist but for the unclean liness, remain. After awhile the people of these small places will see the importance of a dif ferent policy. When, they realize that the existence of hog-pens in a com munity will keep away all settlers whose presence would be desirable, and when they see their property depreciat ing in value because no one wants to live in villages where no attempt is mnde to prevcntdlsease, but everything is done to encourage it, they may find it to their advantage to send the hog« to the country, and then the health and welfare of the whole nation will be im proved.—Leslie's Weekly. P. De 9. "This is the end!" he angrily ex claimed. "Give me back my engage i ment bicycle!" "na, ha!" she laughed, mockingly, and that was all. —Puck. The Only "Way. "No," said the business-like young woman, "I don't read anything that author writes." "Perhaps if you were to get better acquainted with him he would interest you." "I don't think so. There is only one way that I can imagine his interesting me in what he wrote." "You mean he'd have to change his style." "No. ne'd have to become secretary of a company in which I held stock and declare a dividend." —Washington Star. Ills Exceptional Lack. "I have read repeatedly," said the sad eyed young man, "never to ask n young lady's permission when you wished to kiss her." "Well, 1 hope you didn't," said his friend. "No, I didn't; but the young lady, 1 think, does not read the papers."— Puck. Retiring. "I'm koliik to retire," explained the poli tician bland; "I may as well give all the people warn ing. But If for me by any chance there comes a new demand I'll get up bright and early in the mora ln*." _ _ . .. No 47 THOUGHT IT A GRAVEYARD. Snperstltlou* Miners Kept Away from the Illchebt Strike of All. "All this hyar excitement 'bout the diggin's at Klondike," remarked Col. Ham Splogett, of Arizona, the other night, as he whetted his knife upon his cheek, "renninds me of the days when Arizony was prime aud rich in placer, stuff itself. So diggin's then lik6 Arizony's. Men from nil over the hull darned states wuz coniin' in every day, and the prairie schooners meandered across the deserts like they wuz used ter the sand instead of the grass. Every man what could carry a shovel wuz hust lin' fcr the diggin's, and women, too, fer that matter, wuz plodding for the groun' whar the red gold wuz sleeping among the When I reached the diggiu's I found mighty nigh onter everybody else tliar afore me. Camp wuz nitide, and mighty nigh every claim along Chickaloo creek wuz taken tip. Like many otheir of the boys. I hed ter get out and try fer a new place. Found a good float while prospectin' the side of a big gulch, and follering the lead, darned me if I didn't come across the richest bit of gold-bearing gravel I had ever seed. I had been creep in* e-rlong i on nsy knees most, chasing up the float, and when I did grasp whatlhed found, darned me, when I looked up and got on my feet, if I hadn't found a grave yard. Thar, right whar I wuz lookin', I seed four little crosses, planted just whar the gold wuz the thickest. Wall, it kinder went agin my groin to disturb a burying grouud, so I went ertongand located a claim right jining the place with the crosses. The boys came out and located, too, and inside of a week the new diggin's wuz just aboomin*. "We all cast greedy eyes on thp claim with the graveyard, but nary a feller hed the nerve ter tech the place, an' it wuz mighty hard fer the boys ter go near the place after night fell. It seemed like the gold must be thar mighty thick, but we let it alone. About a month later I woke up early one morn ing, an' lookin' out of my shanty, I seed a camp staked on the graveyard claim. I wuz up in a jiffy, and, pulling my gun, 'roused one or two of the boyß and started out to investigate. No ■desecration ferine. We wuzu'tgoin' ter allow any tenderfeet to break in upon the sanctity of the crosses, and we hed our miuds made up to that point. We roused tip the newcomers, and told them they hed ter pvt. They just laughed, and that made us kinder mad. When we wuz getting lighting mad one of the new gang told us not to worry—they wuz all right, and hed a right ter the claim. He said they had planted the crosses and knew what, w-uz under tihem. 'Bones,' I said. 'Yes,' he said; 'mule bones, and more. Come with me an" I'll show yon.' We went, and with his shovel he threw the dirt out of the big gest grave and uncovered a skeleton of a mule sure enough, but what made my eyes big wuz the sight of a bucket of gold dust right between the front legs of the mule. Wall, to make a long-story short, those fellers had been, working diggings t.har, an' knowin' what kind of men miners wuz, hed planted their stuff in the middle of the best claim while they worked off ter one side. Smart trick. They hed gone for pro visions just afore I found the gulch, and when they hed come back they hed found the gulch alive with folks, but, as they figgered, the crosses wuz all Tight, and they staked the claim in the night, abandoning the other one in the near liilils. They wanted the best thing last, knowing how the minersvuz com ing in, and the